Spring 2025

Credit Transfer for
Newly Admitted Transfer Students
Newly admitted transfer (second or third year) students must submit the documents listed below inorder for the administration to best determine the transfer of credits from previously attended
colleges or universities. Credits transferred from such institutions may be counted toward theirdegree at Tokyo International University (TIU).
If you wish to have your credits transferred, please carefully read the guidelines and instructions
below and submit all necessary documents to the E-Track Academic Affairs Office by the deadline.
General Guidelines

Credits obtained from another university may be transferred toward your BA/BS degree at TIU.

As a general rule, a student who has been admitted as a second year transfer student will
have up to 36 credits earned at another university, junior college, etc., transferred to TIU. Astudent who has been admitted as a third year transfer student will have up to 62 creditstransferred to TIU.

Some courses from your current or previous institution may be eligible to transfer directly as
TIU courses, if the course contents and credit hours match.

Direct transfer credits are

determined by the administration after careful examination of all documents listed below, under“Required Documents.” Kindly ensure you submit the most updated documents.

Decisions on which credits and how many credits can be transferred are made on an individual
basis by the School to which you belong at TIU.

Transfer credits will not be calculated into the cumulative grade point average (GPA) at TIU.
Instructions

1. Required documents
Please submit all four documents below.

(A) Official stamped transcripts
Copies are not acceptable. Transcripts printed in languages other than English or Japanese shouldbe translated into English and certified by the university you attended or an official agency such as
an embassy or consulate. In certain cases, if your official transcripts will not be accessible by thedeadline, listed below, you may submit unofficial transcripts (with grades). If you will submit
unofficial transcripts pending the availability of your official transcripts, kindly inform us about thisby e-mail.

(B) Grading Criteria
This should define the grades and explain their numerical values and equivalents. If it is written on
your transcript, you do not need to submit it. If there is no such explanation, please show us whether
your grade points are a pass or a fail.

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(C) Course Descriptions
This should contain information on the content of each course. You may submit the course syllabus
instead.

(D) Descriptions Stating “Definition of the Credit Hour”
This should contain information on the total class hours for each course. “Direct facultyinstruction” and “out-of-class student work” can be included in these hours.
Note:As for (B), (C) and (D), descriptions written in languages other than English or Japanese shouldbe translated into English.

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As for (B), (C) and (D), please refer to “Examples of documents for credit transfer”

2. How to submit:
Please submit your application documents (A, B, C & D, above) via Google Form.
Note:

If the materials are written documents, please send us a copy of them. Transcripts must beoriginals.

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If the materials are on a website, please send us the site address. Alternatively, you can send
us a copy of the web page with the relevant descriptions underlined or highlighted.

If the materials are included in a comprehensive document, such us a Course Calendar, thatcovers all the university’s degree and program requirements, course descriptions, and rules
and regulations, please show us where the descriptions concerned are, or send us a copy ofthe pages concerned.

3. Where to submit:
Via Google Form: https://forms.gle/gaF2QsbWjnyGyBUt5

4. Deadline:
February 3, 2025
If you have any questions regarding credit transfer, please contact the E-Track Academic Affairs
Office at etrack-academics@tiu.ac.jp.
E-Track Academic Affairs OfficeTokyo International University

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Examples of documents for credit transfer
Below are examples of documents that can be submitted for credit transfer. We ask you to gather
information from the guidebook or website of your previous university.

(B) Grading Criteria:(C) Course Description:
Analytical Reading and Composition I
This course provides students the opportunity to develop their essay writing skills as well as
their language skills. The focus of this course lies in the concept that students will learn tobecome better writers by learning to become better editors of their own essays and of theirpeers' essays. By the end of the course, the student will write four original essays (process
analysis, comparison, cause-effect, and argumentative), and have a solid foundation in academic
writing.
(D)Definition of Credit Hours